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The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]